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  • Former mayor defends council on Trent Motel redevelopment issue

    Bob Kusek, Lanigan Drive In reviewing Lea Kahn’s Trent Motel article, which appeared in the Oct. 11 edition of The Lawrence Ledger, and the naive comments made by the Republican candidates, I thought it important as a former mayor of Lawrence to make known to these Republican candidates the basic concept of decision making in…

  • Frances M. Foxall 

        HAMILTON TOWNSHIP —Frances M. Foxall died Oct. 16 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton.    Born in Trenton, Ms. Foxall lived most of her life in Trenton, having moved to Hamilton Township in 2005. She was employed for 10 years at the Burger King restaurant on Route 1, Lawrenceville and was previously employed…

  • Julianna Strolin

    Julianna Strolin    WASHINGTON — Julianna F. Buczynski Strolin died Oct. 15 at Morris Hall Health and Rehabilitation Center, Lawrenceville. She was 92.    Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., daughter of the late Michael and Martha Kryzan Buczynski, she was educated in the Wilkes-Barre schools before moving to New Jersey.    Ms. Strolin and her late husband had owned…

  • DISPATCHES: A tortured judgment

    by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    The nomination of federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey may have hit some roadblocks — or at least it should have.    The judge, who has been nominated to replace Alberto Gonzales as U.S. attorney general, is considered a lock for confirmation. He has impeccable credentials — a former prosecutor and federal…

  • SBHS girls soccer stuns Barrons in GMCT

    SBHS girls soccer stuns Barrons in GMCT

    Verina Atalla (left), who scored both Vikings goals in a GMCT quarterfinal win, races a Woodbridge player to the ball during last Friday’s first-round win over Sayreville. Staff photo by John Keating

  • Pool players find place of their own

    Pool players find place of their own

    Billards Club meets at Senior Center by Paul Koepp, Staff Writer    Tucked into a back corner of the South Brunswick Senior Center, a group of three dozen township residents have found a place where they can stay young while growing old.    Underneath the ticking of a wall clock with pool balls for every hour and…

  • Council nixes warehouses

    Industrial properties to become residential by Paul Koepp, Staff Writer    The Township Council voted Tuesday to rezone properties on Friendship Road near Route 130, effectively blocking the plans of an industrial developer.    The council adopted an ordinance rezoning four parcels from Industrial (I-3) to Rural Residential (RR). The Matrix Development Group, of Monroe, owns two…

  • Kinsey has lived up to the hope

    Three years ago I wrote a letter to the editor supporting Bob Kinsey in his campaign for Township Committeeman in Millstone. With Mr. Kinsey up for re-election in a couple weeks, I’ve spent the last few weeks reflecting on the changes I have witnessed in how Millstone Township is run as a result of his…

  • Candidates talk budgets, taxes and where to save

    Legislative hopefuls discuss municipal consolidation by Paul Koepp, Staff Writer    With state and local officials across New Jersey seeking to fill the holes in their budgets and to hold down property taxes, nearly everyone is looking to cut costs.    One commonly discussed way to accomplish that is through shared services between towns and school districts.…